How Big Tech Makes Its Money

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Nov 6 · 2 min read

Between smartphones and other products, online retail, software, services, and advertising, the “big five” US tech companies made a whole lot of money last year. Here’s where it came from.

By Angela Moscaritolo

Collectively, the “big five” US tech companies-Apple, Amazon, Google parent Alphabet, Microsoft, and Facebook-raked in more than $800 billion in revenue in 2018. But how did they…

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